Nozzle attachment



Jam 1937- o. w. OVERHULS 2,068,193

' NOZZLE ATTACHMENT Filed March 15, 1935 m w W l w 1 3 I a W 1' 06cmmover-m,

Patented Jan. 19, lee? 2,068,193

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,068,193 NOZZLE ATTACHMENT Oscar W. overhuls, Delta; Colo. Application March 15, 1935, Serial Ni. 11,271 Y 2 Claims. (crass-107) This invention is a, nozzle attachment, for contube 5. This backwater force may be supplied by 1 nection with any ordinaryspray nozzle on a garv pressing said aperture 8 to the ground, grass, den hose, for the purpose of changing "the dishand or any convenient obstacle, and since up to charge of water from the nozzle from a fast flowthe time of appl of this ce, a vacuum 5 ing spray or stream to a gentle slow flowing stream (less than atmospheric pressure) exists in the 5 with much'less force than wouldflow from an region back of the annular flange 1, the applicaopen hose not provided with a nozzle, thus ention of such force piles the broken stream up abling, the delivery of water' gentlyto the roots of inside the tube 5 forming a water seal in the plants without diggingup,"washing away'or pack tube 5 and in the region back of the annular 1o ing downthesoil around the roots or otherwise flange 1 and ar und the n l sl v The 10 damaging the plants. v obstacle impeding or creating a backwater force In the drawing, 1 ,j v p may then be removed and the water seal thereby Figure 1 is a perspective view of fa portion of a, created will be held intact by the outside atmosgarden hose having theattachment of the pres-e e'p r -br su e which exceeds the pressure !5 ent invention applied to thenozzle thereofil Side the tube With the result that a gentle W a Figure 2 1 a 'id levation'of Figure 1, the atm0ving stream of water will issue from the front taohment being in section. 1 l l n I openend of the tube to be safely and satisfactorily The reference numeral designates an 11111 1 delivered to the roots and stems of plants withnary rubber garden hosehaving the usual threadout damage thereto and without the undesirable ed coupling 2 thereon; to which is fitted any comults as o d-by t fa t m v st am f 20 men or preferred form of nozzle, the one illus- Water such as commonly discharges f m either a v trated in the accompanying drawing including nozzle 011 a garden O r an Open hosethe stationary'parlt 3 screwed upon the coupling Va y de s 1 v l ty d qu t f i 2, and an adjustable sleevemember 4, adjustably wa e fl w n ,f th t ay be a n d y screw threaded upon the stationary. part 3; As adjusting the nozzle, but lw ys he velocity will 25 these partsare'common and wellknownandform e, greatly reduced below that which Ordinarily no part of Qthe present attachment; it is" not maihtaihs'within the nozzle not q pp With e deemed 'necessaryto illustrate the s'amein; detail. attachment of the p t v fl 'I'heattaohment'pf the present invention is a After agelitie stream is 80 Obtained it c be length or rubber hose ortubing 5 openfat Voppochanged back to-the so-called fussy noisy broken- 30 site endsiand interiorly openand unobstructed P t icy-cutti the p y Of Water by from end to end. The internahdiameter'of the" t i t e. nozzle, k n the o e, o in any tube 5 its u a to hll y ceiveuthe shoulder f other manner which causes the water seal in the member 6, as shown in the drawingj tl'ie tubel tube 5 tobe broken so that the water again-flows being forcedendwise uponthe shoulder-until tuber id Originally o the tube. These condi- 5 5 is ea t t,- n shouldep fi y fr t n, tionscanthus' be alternated at willfrom the noisy reference to. Figure 2 itiwil li-beflseen that the; r -1 D stream to a gentle slow moving s shoulder 6 of the nozzle fits snugly their inner walls; h g fi h bylfoilflwing the P ure a ove or the tube, whereby the tube is-removably held in I ri d I I r 1 Such a combination is simple, practical, eifi- 40 40 place on the nozzle. "A tubing length'of twelve a inches'has given satisfac'tdry r s I 5 1 cient andinexpensive, yet it involves the applica- Preparatory to fitting the'tube m t 1 tion of some of: the most important fundamental sleeve u and thus adjusted h iifa gdi ti h ii thg aidfijrtage gained in reducin nozzle against the flow of water and thenlthe tube the velocity of the water to a gentle, slow movin a may be conveniently fitted in piaceupon-the I l r stream, such an attachment will meet the requiree nozzle' Thereafttr'the u andthssleevet m ments of the strictest municipal ordinances forbe turned together so as to'openthenozzle and biddi i ri atio by Open hose permit the flow of water when it will be follnd" v What I claim is: t

that the flow of waterfrom the open forward end 1. The combination with a garden hose and a of the tube will be a fussy noisy broken'stream, nozzle thereon, said nozzle having a discharge which will continue until the partial vacuum in sleeve provided with a flared exit end and a the region back of the annular flange 1 and tapered shoulder in rearof the flared exit end, around sleeve 4 is overcome by applying a backi of an open ended flexible tube snugly embracing water force at the outer aperture 8, the end of the tapered portion of the shoulder and projecting 55 beyond the discharge end of the nozzle for such and projecting beyond the discharge end of the a, distance as will produce the results described. nozzle for such a distance as will produce the re- 2. The combination with a garden hose and a sults described, the interior diameter of the tube nozzle thereon having an external shoulder in being greater than the exterior diameter of the rear of the discharge end of the nozzle, of an open discharge end of the nozzle.

ended flexible tube snugly engaging the shoulder OSCAR W. OVERHULS. 

